Win7 64Bit crasshes with 6Gig Ram, but OK with 5

[CrysAk]

Win7 64Bit crashes with 6Gig Ram, but OK with 5Gig

i recently upgraded to Win7 after Xp finally gave up on my (suspected worm...) anywho

so far, lots of problems with the fun of 64bit one of which being that my PC seems to give up on me as soon as it reached the Windows 7 loading screen with 6 gig of ram .... now if i take out a stick of 1 gig ram or more.. it runs absolutely fine...

any reasons why it would be failing on 6 gig??? the ram is 100% not corrupt so its not that... anyhelp would be great

PC specs attached .... just hit me that i may need to update my MB drivers......

 

[zigzag3143]

i recently upgraded to Win7 after Xp finally gave up on my (suspected worm...) anywho

so far, lots of problems with the fun of 64bit one of which being that my PC seems to give up on me as soon as it reached the Windows 7 loading screen with 6 gig of ram .... now if i take out a stick of 1 gig ram or more.. it runs absolutely fine...

any reasons why it would be failing on 6 gig??? the ram is 100% not corrupt so its not that... anyhelp would be great

PC specs attached .... just hit me that i may need to update my MB drivers......

Good place to start update everything. Dont overclock, do a backup in case.

dl and run memtestx86 and run for several hours to verify your ram


Ken J+

 

[CrysAk]

thanks will give that a shot if these drivers fail ...

funny how i managed to re-install all my games and graphics/mice/keyboard drivers and completely failed to upgrade the *****y MB lol ^^ typical gamer

will be back with how this went

 

[CrysAk]

ok drivers updated and still no joy

gets to the loading screen (see below) then freezes before the windows logo begins to form

any other ideas???

 

[zigzag3143]

ok drivers updated and still no joy

gets to the loading screen (see below) then freezes before the windows logo begins to form

any other ideas???

Yep fails like taht are ofter either a video driver, a raid problem, or HD.

Try This see if you can boot into safe mode (F8) if it works then I suspect video driver.

Let us know

Ken J+

 

[CrysAk]

thanks for your help ...

safe mode gets to the end of the following screen before freezing ... (Loaded .... .... CLASSPNP.SYS)

 

[new]

I has a similar problem, it was caused by the BIOS. With 2gm it loaded fine, with 4gb it wouldn't load. I changed the BIOS and the 4gb loaded without problems. I have an INTEL board and INTEL BIOS.

 

[CrysAk]

I has a similar problem, it was caused by the BIOS. With 2gm it loaded fine, with 4gb it wouldn't load. I changed the BIOS and the 4gb loaded without problems. I have an INTEL board and INTEL BIOS.

how would i go about updating the BIO's ???

i know have very little tech skills with the internals of PCs

 

[andrew89]

i have the exact same problem with it freezing on windows 7 loading screen. Might be by bios ?? I want to know how to change it so it works 4gb ram here.

 

[CrysAk]

it seems to be a problem with the MB .. EVGA 680i A1

currently working out the issue on their forums

thanks for all the info

 

[chev65]

Using mismatched sticks doesn't always work too well with those boards. The only way you can put 6GB into the 680i is by using unmatched memory sticks. Of course bumping up the NB voltage and the dimm voltage a bit would help, or if you loosen up the timings a notch it might help..

There are lots of tricks for making memory work on those boards but you will be using the bios settings to make it stable.

 

[CrysAk]

thanks

yea ive tried loosening timings to 6-6-6-18 and 20 and still no joy

would it be beneficial to maybe buy another 4gig ram the same as what i just put in? would that fix it?

 

[chev65]

Using matched sticks gives you the best chance of success. More important is the type of memory you use. Some work better in the 680i than others.

 

[CrysAk]

Using matched sticks gives you the best chance of success. More important is the type of memory you use. Some work better in the 680i than others.

what memory would be best to get? i can still retun the memory so would like to get 4x2gig ram in there

 

[chev65]

For running 8GB with the 680i your best bet would be these. You will need to bump up the NB voltage to help support the 8GB 1.45-1.5 volts SPP at least. Memory voltage adjustments might also be needed. The memory below has by far the best track record for achieving 8GB stable on NVidia boards.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231195http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231201

 

[CrysAk]

thanks,